The 1998 Challenge Tour was a series of
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournaments known as the
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History ...
, the official development tour run by the
PGA European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
. The tour was started as the Satellite Tour in 1986 and was renamed the Challenge Tour ready for the start of the 1990 season.
The Challenge Tour Rankings were won by England's
Warren Bennett
Warren Bennett (born 20 August 1971) is an England, English professional golfer.
Career
Bennett was born in Ashford, Surrey and is the son of former footballer Peter Bennett (English footballer), Peter Bennett. In 1994, he won the Australian Ama ...
.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1998 season.
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, but did not carry official money, wins were still official however.
Challenge Tour Rankings
''For full rankings, see
1998 Challenge Tour graduates.''
The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in
Pound sterling. The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the
1999 European Tour.
See also
*
1998 European Tour
Notes
References
External links
Official homepage of the Challenge Tour
{{Challenge Tour seasons
Challenge Tour seasons
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History ...